footage Here's an amazing video of the Steeplechase mechanical horse ride at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, in the early 1900s. Popkin
music Watch Jonathan Richman perform Modern Lovers hits at Joey Ramone's birthday party in 1988 Jennifer Sandlin
Vintage Weird Footage of vintage Coney Island sideshows: fire eaters, fortune tellers, sexy dancers, creepy animatronic dolls, and more Popkin
jeffrey epstein Asking for pre-trial release, Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers say he has 'spotless 14-year record of walking the straight and narrow' Xeni Jardin
amusements Video of Coney Island rides from the 1930s and 1940s that would never fly today David Pescovitz
authoritarianism On-duty NYPD officers admit handcuffing teenage girl, putting her in van, and having sex with her, but say it wasn't rape Mark Frauenfelder
tabloids Forget "alternative facts." This week's tabloids shoot for an entire alternate universe Peter Sheridan